Funnel.



C. J. WILSON.

FUNNEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 28, 1910.

Patented Sept. 2'?, 19M.

si on i. ii ei :ist il, tt in@ ennnnnr v. Winsen, or

' renin rie.,

ROGER, NORTH DKOTA.

FUNNEL.

@pacification of Letters Eatent.

.pplcatcn filed March 2S,

o nii wim/fe may concern:

flic ie kno that l', Cristiani' d'. 'ifiinsorn a citizen oif me UnitedStates, residing at lim r, in the county of Barnes, State of l Quixote,have invented certain new useful improvements in liunnels; and l do h.hy decime the following to he e full, el ier, and description. ot theinvention, .such will ens-hte enters slcilied in the nrt whichsippertsins to ineke und use the sinne .ihis invention relates toimprovements in iunnels off the class wherein provision is made forautomatically shutting on the ow i' when the seine rises to n certain .Yined. nuttin'. in the reptecle, and ier one ot is ohjees to simplify andiin1 the construction and incrinise the. et ticiency and utilicy etdevices oi chan :tc-ter. K vi/'ith this d other objects in View, theesiste in certain novel features ion es hereinaitter shown and describedthen specitienlly pointed out in the claims; end, in the drnvvingsillustrative the preferred embodiment oit the invention, Figure it isvert/ical sectional view of e improved device. f is transverse on theline 2N2 of Fig. l. The improved device comprises s, cody portion it?having a tapered discharge nozzle tit o the nsuetform and with kan'annular i the juncture o the body and -s shown.. Located Within the 't eil is transverse guide har i3 having il 14.-. through which s. stern ihly disposed.' 'lhestem is provided taper end th a valve 16 for hearingt li?, the rod havingfan enlargel? stirs lower end and with aslidsi'J-ie upon the rod and suphy the si" '"lhe transverse har isprovided socket; in Whichlthe .iper end ci? e2 is pivoted at 19, the i,having u. ic-r en raging in s, no'tc-h ntain the stem in its ve spacedfrom Whenthns ni; uhoutfthe Signed to risc i this l arrangement when thelfunnel is to be used the stem 15 is elevated until the trip 22 engagesin the notch in the stem which will hold thc'valve in upward and openposition. The nozzle 1l is then inserted into the neck of the bottle 21and the liquid poured into the body l0, and will continue to flow untilit rises in the bottle to a sufficient height to displace the Hoet 18and cause the latter to engage the trip and disengage the lat-ter fromthe notch in the 'stem and thus release the stem and permit the valve toclose by gravity. rlhe float 18 being loose upon the stem will notinterfere with the dropping; of the stem when the trip is released, asWill'be obvious. By this `means the dow of the liquid is automaticallysto pcd when the bottle is full, andthe liqui which remains in the body10 held hack by the valve.- The funnel is then removed and the surplusliquid poured therefrom.

The improved device is simple in construction, and can be inexpensivelymanufactured in any required size or capacly.

What is claimed is l. The combination'ywith a funnel having I a stemextendin through its nozzle, said stem having an intermediate notch, avalve upon the upper end of the stein, a trip movahly connectedfvvithinsaid nozzle and cngaging the notch of the stem and op rating to maintainthe same in elevated pehsition and the valve open, and a float, slidableupon the stem and adapted to release the trip when elevated. i

2. The combination with a. funnel having an intermediate valve seat unda discharge nozzle, a guide har extending transversely of the nozzle, astem slidable through said guide bar and rovided with :1 notch, a valve'carried hy sai stein for engaging upon said seat, a trip swinging fromsaid bar and en gagging said notch, and a float slidable upon the stemand adaptcdto release the trip when elevated.

ln testimony whereof, 'l affix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

@HARLEY J. WILSON. Witnesses:

